Will I be able to not see my FI until walking down the aisle??

ahhhitsshannyn

How realistic is trying to not see your FI until you walk down the aisle?? I know Vegas wedding are quick, so do you have to sign paperwork before the ceremony or do you do it after?? Can I really go without seeing him until we get married or is there a point when we have to be together?? I see in everyones bio that they do a "first look" so I wondered if we would really be able to do it or we would just waste our time by trying to avoid each other (haha)

aegrish

We were trying to do that initially, but since we're having an evening wedding we didn't want to make our guests wait in between the ceremony and reception while we take pictures, so we decided to have a set-up 'first look' and do pictures BEFORE the ceremony for a few hours.  I think this will help both of us feel more relaxed and it will be nice to spend more time together (and with our wedding party) on the wedding day,..BUT if you are SET on not seeing him until the ceremony have him get a hotel room in another hotel (most hotel chapel packages come with one) and you should be fine.  The WC's will make sure you arrive at the bridal dressing room before he gets there.

aegrish

p.s.,..I LOVE your invites and wedding gown! Very classy!

impslave

Here's how we handled the day --

* We checked in to our hotel room the day before the wedding together.  On the day of the wedding, I went with my girl gang to get my makeup done and DH went to get ready at his cousin's hotel room.  When I got back, I had our hotel room to myself to get ready.

* Mandalay Bay lets you have the bride's dressing room 45 minutes before the ceremony.  The groom gets to use his room for 30 minutes before.  So I was there 15 minutes before DH.

We didn't see each other from about noon until I walked into the chapel at 4:15 pm.

ahhhitsshannyn

AWWWW thanks!!! My brother and SIL have offered to let me get ready in their room at the MB and my guy will probably stay with his parents. I just didnt wait the whole day not seeing him and then walking right into each other at the chapel. Since I saw everyone doing a first look I was starting to think that I was missing something!

impslave

I had offered DH the option of a first look, but he declined.  He was really into the not seeing me until I walked down the aisle.

I think the first look system works great if you plan to have lots of pictures taken, and you don't want to have a large gap between your ceremony and reception.  It's also good if a couple decides that they want that moment to be more intimate than what you have in the chapel.

wenawinter

We stayed in the same room the night before, but he left about 10 am to get ready with his guys, and the girls came to my room.  We didn't see eachother again until 3, which was the ceremony.  It wasn't as hard as you thought. 

mwkoby

FI's going to stay with a friend the night before the wedding.  We've talked about doing a "first look," but we both really like the idea of not seeing each other until I walk down the aisle.  We're getting married at sunset but from about 1pm onward, I'll be in our room, getting ready with the girls.  We'll just make sure that we have a plan in place for where to eat breakfast and stuff so that we don't bump into each other in the morning.  It's a huge hotel so there's more than enough space for us to find our own area to be in.

dvohnout

On our wedding day, we woke up together in the Vista Suite. I took a shower and left for a brunch with a bunch of girlfriends. By the time I got back to the hotel room, he was gone. I got ready in the suite w/ my friends.

We didn't see each other at all until I was walking down the aisle. This was important to my husband. At MB, your officient will meet with each person separately. The day off, you don't have to sign anything to do w/ the marriage license (you do that when you apply). Only the witness needs to sign.

I did watch like a hawk while I was walking through the casino to the chapel though & had someone call him to tell him we were walking, so he wouldn't accidently see me in the casino

Gribbles

We are getting married at Chapel of Flowers and have paid an extra fee for the 'Deluxe First Look' option which basically means they keep us seperate and we each meet alone to do the paperwork, etc. The first time he will see me is when I am walking down the aisle.

Not too sure how it is going to work with accommodation - I think he will share with his brother the night before at a different hotel to minimise the chances of us bumping into each other. He is getting the party bus to the ceremony with the other guests and I am making use of the chapel limo included in our package.

solbej

When we were married in Mandalay Bay, they had DH meet 45 minutes before with all of the guests at the beach level, they were all taken to the Valley of the Falls ceremony site. Myself, the MOH, and BM met 30 minutes before on the casino level. DH signed the paperwork first, then I signed later. We saw each other that morning, had breakfast with the family, then went our seperate ways.